{"id":20967,"date":"2025-12-12T09:35:42","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T07:35:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/sa-traffic-volume-expected-to-rise-as-holidaymakers-hit-the-road\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:32:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:32:09","slug":"sa-traffic-volume-expected-to-rise-as-holidaymakers-hit-the-road","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sa-traffic-volume-expected-to-rise-as-holidaymakers-hit-the-road\/","title":{"rendered":"SA traffic volume expected to rise as holidaymakers hit the road"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">South Africa&#8217;s (SA) traffic volumes are expected to rise as holidaymakers hit the road for the festive season.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Law enforcement agencies will launch a major operation along the Mooi River Toll Plaza on the N3 to curb road crashes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Deputy Transport Minister Mkhuleko Hlengwa says 800 National Traffic Police officers will be deployed nationwide to ensure safety.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">He&#8217;s urging motorists to obey the rules and avoid distractions especially those creating content while driving.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The campaign aims to reduce fatalities and promote compliance during the busy holiday period.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LPV6epwmlTg?si=4eG0OmLNjubQpPNX\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":20968,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-20967","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":null,"news_description":"Traffic volumes are expected to rise","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/20967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/20967\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24810,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/20967\/revisions\/24810"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=20967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}